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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conf. Gives Arab, Israeli Officials Opportunity to Renew Pacts
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Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conf. Gives Arab, Israeli Officials Opportunity to Renew Pacts

Wednesday 9 November 2022
Sharm El-Sheikh meeting was a technical one but its political aspect overshadowed it as Arab officials found opportunity to meet Israelis. Alwaght- After holding 26 global meetings on climate change, representatives from 200 countries have gathered in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to d ...
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Israeli-Egyptian Relations on Fault Line as Netanyahu Coming Back
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Israeli-Egyptian Relations on Fault Line as Netanyahu Coming Back

Saturday 3 December 2022 ،
Sharm El-Sheikh or other Egypt resort cities. Some tourists said that their cameras were seized by the security forces and damaged as “spying” devices.  The presence of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at Arab League summit in Algeria, where resolutions were issued condemning the Isr ...
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Can Sharm El-Sheikh Summit Reverse Aqaba Failure?
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Can Sharm El-Sheikh Summit Reverse Aqaba Failure?

Wednesday 22 March 2023 ،
Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday hosted a five-party meeting gathering together the high-ranking political and security officials of Egypt, the Palestinian Authority (PA), Israeli regime, Jordan, and the US. Spokesman of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said that this meeting was held in line w ...
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Preparing for Big Jump in Iran-Egypt Relations
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Preparing for Big Jump in Iran-Egypt Relations

Wednesday 29 March 2023 ،
Sharm El-Sheikh on November to participate in the climate change meeting, met and talked with Egyptian officials, including Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri. Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi sent a message el-Sisi at that time expressing interest to improve relations with Egypt. Iraqi Foreig ...
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Why’s Tel Aviv Concerned about Progress in Iran-Egypt Ties?
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Why’s Tel Aviv Concerned about Progress in Iran-Egypt Ties?

Saturday 20 May 2023 ،
Sharm El-Sheikh. Two months ago, the minister of tourism of Egypt announced that as part of the Egyptian government’s campaign to attract more tourists, Cairo will provide new facilitation for Iranian citizens to get tourist visas to Egypt.  A lot of political progress has so far been ma ...
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Opportunity or Threat? Geopolitical Impacts of Gaza War on an Iran-Egypt Détente
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Opportunity or Threat? Geopolitical Impacts of Gaza War on an Iran-Egypt Détente

Wednesday 24 January 2024 ،
Sharm El-Sheikh climate change conference. Also, in July 2023, during El-Sisi’s trip to Muscat, Iranian and Egyptian diplomats met each other in this country with the mediation of Oman and discussed important bilateral and regional issues.  Things were not limited to this meetings, and a ...
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New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors
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New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors

Monday 9 June 2025 ،
Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt is to be connected to Ras al-Sheikh Hamid in Saudi Arabia through a bridge that crosses the island of Tiran. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are separated by the Red Sea, and the closest point between the two countries is the Strait of Tiran, whose narrowest channel is about 6.4 kil ...
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with about eighty countries in attendance, but it failed to achieve a result. Notably, before the Cairo conference, the U.S. pledged $900 million in aid for Gaza's reconstruction, and the European Union pledged more than €400 million, but neither resolved the Gaza cr ...
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PIJ leader: Resistance Willing to Negotiate, But Will Not Surrender
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PIJ leader: Resistance Willing to Negotiate, But Will Not Surrender

Wednesday 8 October 2025 ،
Sharm el-Sheikh, coordinated with mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and the US, with Hamas engaging constructively to ensure a lasting truce, full Israeli withdrawal, prisoner release, and reconstruction under Palestinian oversight.
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Tehran Opts Out of Egypt’s Gaza Summit
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Tehran Opts Out of Egypt’s Gaza Summit

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, regarding the US proposal ALWAGHT- A knowledgeable source has said that Iran will not participate in the upcoming Gaza ceasefire meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, regarding the US proposal. Tehran has decided not to participate in the upcoming Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.